Abstract
Rapid advances in technology make it necessary to prepare our society in every aspect. Some of the most significant technological developments of the last decade are the UAVs (Unnamed Aerial Vehicles) or drones. UAVs provide a wide range of new possibilities and have become a tool that we now use on a daily basis. However, if their use is not controlled, it could entail several risks, which make it necessary to legislate and monitor UAV flights to ensure, inter alia, the security and privacy of all citizens. As a result of this problem, several laws have been passed which seek to regulate their use; however, no proposals have been made with regards to the control of airspace from a technological point of view. This is exactly what we propose in this article: a platform with different modes designed to control UAVs and monitor their status. The features of the proposed platform provide multiple advantages that make the use of UAVs more secure, such as prohibiting UAVs’ access to restricted areas or avoiding collisions between vehicles. The platform has been successfully tested in Salamanca, Spain.
Highlights
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are not new; they have been in existence for dozens of years, only recently have they become popular
In addition to the software running on the control base station, as shown in Figure 2a, we have developed the software that the UAV traffic controller uses
The system can be adapted to the size of the city and it can operate thousands of UAVs simultaneously
Summary
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are not new; they have been in existence for dozens of years, only recently have they become popular. UAVs have become more advanced and our possibilities for using them have become greater, which poses new legal and regulatory questions. They were designed for military purposes: to transport balloon bombs and as a form of training for anti-aircraft weapons during World War II. Today, their use is becoming more frequent and they can carry out a wider range of tasks in both the military and professional sectors.
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